SALT LAKE CITY — Gov. Gary Herbert on Thursday signed into law an anti-discrimination measure that earned the support of the Mormon church amid a crowd that brought smiling clergy members together with LGBT activists draped in rainbow flags.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The private meeting Pope Francis held with defiant Kentucky clerk Kim Davis is a strong papal endorsement of religious resistance to gay marriage, but it doesn't necessarily mean he approves of how she's waged her fight, experts said Wednesday.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Mormon church-backed anti-discrimination bill that protects LGBT Utah residents and religious rights has to wait another day to clear its second-to-last vote in the state Legislature, after a House committee postponed a vote on the bill until Tuesday afternoon.

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